By Charles Fleming
My wife, Carmen, and I returned from our April conference in Puerto Rico feeling more like we were at a victory celebration than a working conference.
After years of great struggle, pain and disillusionment, the Puerto Rico church has emerged as a renewed and transformed community of worshipers, with strong spiritual leaders who are ready to take full responsibility for their church.
The conference schedule included sessions of praise and worship led by Santos Torres; helpful presentations by Hector Barrero on finding and living out God’s vision for the congregation; a devotion on the life of Jacob by Paulina Barrero; and my sessions on how God brings about spiritual formation in leaders. We concluded with a communion service on Easter Sunday.
On Sunday morning, Hector, Paulina, Carmen and I confirmed the decision made some months ago by the leadership team to appoint Javier Concepcion as spiritual leader for the congregation. On behalf of the denomination, we commissioned Javier.
Javier and his wife, Ivy, are supported by a dedicated team, which includes Carlos and Ana Maria Garcia, Juan and Oly Gonzalez, Marta Cedeno and Santos and Miriam Torres. The congregation is also blessed with a small group of children who are involved in the life of the church.
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